Princeton University

Getting into an elite college is harder now than it has ever been before. As the competition grows, we start to wonder, does it really matter where you go to college? Many would argue that it does not matter because it is what we make the college experience to be that affects our lives in the long run and makes us who we are; however, it really does matter if we go to an elite college because it has a large impact on our future careers. People are more likely to have successful careers if they…

In 1970s, the successful admission rate at Stanford University was nearly 22.4% but today, this stands at 5.7%. With digits of students applying to elite colleges is exploding, having better test scores than ever. It’s never been harder. Asian-American students are facing an extra source of stress in responding to the application question asking for race and ethnicity. There is a general perception that Asians are at a disadvantage in the college admissions process. Asian students going through…

Ho criticizes Wall Street’s method of recruiting students from Harvard and Princeton because of they are misguided into believing that these students are the “the best and the brightest.” Ho explains these students are not intelligent, but rather a batch of privileged and well presented students doing a job that requires very little knowledge in the field of finance. The way that Wall Street recruits Harvard and Princeton students, according to Ho, is by giving these students a pedigree to…

Last a Lifetime Students need to consider many factors when deciding whether to attend a university or a junior college. Most students do not know whether to go to a junior college or a university and many tend to struggle with the decision. If an individual wants to branch out and live without the guidance of parents or family, then one should choose a university. Compared to a junior college, universities offer more beneficial opportunities that drive students to excel later in life, including…

of being in college. A major is a specialized area of study. Along with the general classes each college requires students to take, there is a group of courses in that chosen subject that must be completed to be awarded a degree in that major. (princeton) Examples of a few include chemistry, mathematics, medicine, or engineering. While some students go into college already certain on what they would like to study, a majority find this decision to be very difficult and stressful. “About 80…

The Three Doctors are inspiring the people from the place they grew up. Although college education will only benefit yourself, however it will inspire the people around you. There are tons of different college’s levels, which are community, state, university and Ivy colleges. Sonia Sotomayor did not know what Ivy League was. Her friend told her about Ivy League, it is one of the best college to go. “He…

Aside from the content, the language you use will be the biggest deciding factor. The ability to talk with authority and authenticity. As David Bartholomae puts it in his essay “Inventing The University,” “The students have to appropriate (or be appropriated by) a specialized discourse.” Bartholomae uses examples of actual placement essays to support his idea. In response to an essay about a clay model and the meaning of creativity written in an…

technology has become a necessity for normality. Naturally, technology is being seen more commonly in classrooms - students take out their laptops at the beginning of lecture instead of a pen and paper to take notes. Pam A. Mueller of Princeton and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of University of California conducted a study to see just how severely laptop note taking impacts the student’s success in a course compared to using a pen and paper. This paper will compare and contrast how well the popular…

Due to the growing prevalence of cheating in a Higher Education setting, Universities should create and enforce legitimate repercussions to those students caught cheating, in order to avoid the collapse of Higher Education, as we know it today. As Professor Doom writes, graduating cheaters degrades the institution from which they come, no matter how sparse. While a degree is a degree, they are only as strong as the establishment from where they come. Students should realize that the degrees they…

from attending AUC in so many ways. Knowing that AUC is one of Egypt's most leading universities, it is indeed true that becoming one of its members would add a lot to me as an individual. AUC…